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{{Infobox album
| name = Horehound
| type = studio
| artist = [[The Dead Weather]]
| cover = The Dead Weather - Horehound.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 14, 2009
| recorded = January 2009
| studio = Third Man Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Garage rock]]
*[[blues rock]]<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14517/reviews/4137387 | title=The Dead Weather - Horehound | magazine=[[Drowned in Sound]] | date=July 16, 2009 | accessdate=July 22, 2015 | author=Gardner, Noel | archive-date=December 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215034652/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14517/reviews/4137387 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
| length = 43:55
| label = [[Third Man Records|Third Man]]/[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer = [[Jack White]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Sea of Cowards]]
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Horehound
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Hang You from the Heavens]]
| single1date = March 11, 2009
| single2 = [[Treat Me Like Your Mother]]
| single2date = May 25, 2009
| single3 = [[I Cut Like a Buffalo]]
| single3date = October 26, 2009
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|ADM = 6.8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/425/The-Dead-Weather-Horehound.aspx|title=Horehound by The Dead Weather reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=January 18, 2020}}</ref>
|MC = 75/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/horehound/the-dead-weather|title=Reviews for Horehound by The Dead Weather|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=August 17, 2015}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/horehound-mw0000814919|title=Horehound – The Dead Weather|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/5779834/The-Dead-Weather-CD-review.html|title=The Dead Weather, CD review|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=July 10, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Perry|first=Andrew}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/07/08/horehound/|title=Horehound|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 8, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Pastorek|first=Whitney}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/10/the-dead-weather-horehound|title=The Dead Weather: Horehound|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 10, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-dead-weather-horehound-columbia-1749547.html|title=Album: The Dead Weather, Horehound (Columbia)|work=[[The Independent]]|date=July 17, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Gill|first=Andy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721011135/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-dead-weather-horehound-columbia-1749547.html|archivedate=July 21, 2009}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/07/album-review-the-dead-weathers-horehound.html|title=Album review: The Dead Weather's 'Horehound'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 13, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Lewis|first=Randy}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[MSN Music]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Consumer Guide]])
|rev7score= A−<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2009-09.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=[[MSN Music]]|date=September 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev8score = 5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/10667|title=Album review: The Dead Weather – 'Horehound'|work=[[NME]]|date=July 9, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Parkin|first=Chris|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040607/http://www.nme.com/reviews/10667|archivedate=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev9score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13187-horehound/|title=The Dead Weather: Horehound|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=July 13, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Berman|first=Stuart}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/horehound-250891/|title=Horehound|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 13, 2009|accessdate=January 18, 2020|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield}}</ref>
}}

'''''Horehound''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Dead Weather]]. It was released on July 10 in [[Australia]], July 13 in [[Europe]], and July 14, [[2009 in music|2009]] in [[North America]]. The album was recorded at [[Third Man Records|Third Man Studios]] during a three-week session in January 2009.<ref name="MTV">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606853/20090312/white_stripes.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314232038/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606853/20090312/white_stripes.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 14, 2009 |title=Jack White Debuts New Band, The Dead Weather |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=March 12, 2009 |author=Gil Kaufman }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=April 16, 2009|title=Dead Weather Recording More Music Before Tour|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|location=New York City|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268910/dead-weather-recording-more-music-before-tour|accessdate=April 29, 2009}}</ref> The first single from the album, "[[Hang You from the Heavens]]", was released through [[iTunes]] on March 11, 2009, and on vinyl on April 18, 2009.<ref name="MTV"/><ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269224/jack-white-forms-the-dead-weather |title=Jack White Forms The Dead Weather |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 12, 2009 |author=Michael D. Ayers |location=New York }}</ref> "Treat Me Like Your Mother" was released as the second single from the album on May 25, 2009.<ref>[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16274 Treat Me Like Your Mother Songfacts]</ref> The third single from the album was set to be "[[I Cut Like A Buffalo]]" and includes a cover of [[The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band]]'s "A Child of a Few Hours is Burning to Death" as a B-side.<ref>[http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/199533600/dead-weather-cover-west-coast-pop-art-experimental-band Dead Weather Cover West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band on New 7"]</ref> The album debuted at No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Album Charts and at No. 14 on the UK Album Charts. As of 2010, sales in the United States have exceeded 163,000 copies, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOA5W_BoYGIC&q=dead+weather&pg=RA7-PA32|title=The Dead Weather|magazine=Billboard|page=32|date=3 April 2010|accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| title1 = 60 Feet Tall

| length1 = 5:33
| title2 = [[Hang You from the Heavens]]

| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = [[I Cut Like a Buffalo]]

| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = So Far from Your Weapon

| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = [[Treat Me Like Your Mother]]

| length5 = 4:10
| title6 = Rocking Horse

| length6 = 3:00
| title7 = [[Street-Legal (album)#Track listing|New Pony]]

| length7 = 3:58
| title8 = Bone House

| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = 3 Birds

| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = No Hassle Night

| length10 = 2:56
| title11 = Will There Be Enough Water?

| length11 = 6:20
}}
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes Pre-Order
| title12 = Outside
| note12 = [[Downliners Sect]] cover
| writer12 = Arthur Keith Evans, Michael O'Donnell
| length12 = 2:50
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese Version<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Dead-Weather-Horehound/release/5735710 Retrieved 2017-05-30 11:44</ref>
| title12 = You Just Can't Win
| note12 = [[Them (band)|Them]] cover
| writer12 = [[Van Morrison]]
| length12 =
| title13 = [[Are "Friends" Electric?|Are 'Friends' Electric?]]
| note13 = [[Tubeway Army]] cover
| writer13 = [[Gary Numan]]
| length13 =
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Alison Mosshart]] – [[lead vocals]], percussion, guitar on "3 Birds" and "I Cut Like a Buffalo"
*[[Jack White]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals, [[acoustic guitar]] on "Will There Be Enough Water?", [[Record producer|production]]
*[[Dean Fertita]] – [[guitar]], [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], bass on "Rocking Horse"
*[[Jack Lawrence (bassist)|Jack Lawrence]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals, drums on "Will There Be Enough Water?", guitar on "Rocking Horse"

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2009)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|Australia|48|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|43|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|Flanders|24|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|Wallonia|39|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardCanada|7|artist=The Dead Weather}}
|-
{{Album chart|France|19|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|65|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound|id=107285|access-date=9 December 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|56|year=2009|week=29}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|63|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|26|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|New Zealand|24|artist=The Dead Weather|album=Horehound}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK|14|artist=Dead Weather}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=The Dead Weather }}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=The Dead Weather }}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardRock|2|artist=The Dead Weather }}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardTastemaker|1|artist=The Dead Weather }}
|-
|}

==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=The Dead Weather|title=Horehound|award=Silver|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|id=9147-2580-2|relyear=2009|accessdate=15 May 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | noshipments=true}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{The Dead Weather}}
{{Jack White}}

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[[Category:2009 debut albums]]
[[Category:The Dead Weather albums]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jack White]]
[[Category:Third Man Records albums]]

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